2014 Awards and Installation Gala

Friday, September 12, 2014National Museum of Women in the Arts

1250 New York Ave NWWashington, D.C.

APABA-DCAsian Pacific American Bar Association of the Greater Washington, D.C. Area, Inc. celebrating over thirty years of professional and community service

ProgramDrinks and Dinner (6:00–8:00 pm)

Program (8:00–10:00 pm)Emceed by Delegate Mark L. Keam, Virginia House of Delegates

President’s Award Annette K. Kwok, Associate, Venable LLP

Rising Star Awards Helen Y. Lee, Corporate Associate, Paul Hastings LLP Taron K. Murakami, Senior Associate, Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Membership Appreciation Award Tacie H. Yoon, Associate, Crowell & Moring LLP

Community Appreciation Award The Honorable Gerald Bruce Lee, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Pioneer Award The Honorable Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary (Ret.), U.S. Department of Transportation

Fireside Chat Michelle K. Lee, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Smeeta Ramarathnam, Chief of Staff to Commissioner Luis Aguilar, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Installation of the 2014–2015 APABA-DC Board Oath administered by Special Guest Officiant The Honorable Sri Srinivasan, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

President’s Vision for 2014–2015 Smeeta Ramarathnam, Chief of Staff to Commissioner Luis Aguilar, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Drinks, Dessert, and Dancing with DJ Bikram (10:00 pm–12:00 am)

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About APABA-DC The Asian Pacific American Bar Association of the Greater Washington,

D.C. Area, Inc. (APABA-DC) is the oldest and largest association of Asian

Pacific American attorneys in the Washington, D.C. area. Since its founding

in 1981, APABA-DC has grown its membership into a network of about 500

lawyers, law professors, law students, and other interested individuals.

APABA-DC is a dynamic organization that provides a wide variety of

services, programs, and events of interest to our members and to the

Asian Pacific American community. These include participating in pro

bono clinics, organizing continuing legal education programs, running a

mentorship program, posting job announcements, providing networking

opportunities, nominating our members for various awards, and competing

in the D.C. Dragon Boat Festival.

We welcome anyone interested in issues relevant to the Asian Pacific

Americans legal community to join APABA-DC. Membership in APABA-DC

automatically includes membership in the National Asian Pacific American

Bar Association (NAPABA), which represents over 40,000 Asian Pacific

American attorneys nationwide.

We also invite all members to become active in planning and

implementing APABA-DC’s services, programs, and events, by joining a

committee, or by volunteering to help with an event. For more information,

please contact an APABA-DC officer or visit www.apaba-dc.org.

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Annette Kwok is a registered patent attorney in the Intellectual Property Division of Venable LLP in Washington, DC. Annette’s practice includes counseling clients on a wide variety of patent procurement and enforcement issues, as well as intellectual

property strategy and licensing issues. Prior to attending law school, Annette was a synthetic organic chemist with Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute. She is a named inventor on six patents in the area of pharmaceuticals. Annette received her B.S. in Chemistry from the University of California, Irvine and her J.D. from the University of New Hampshire School of Law (formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center). Ms. Kwok grew up in Hong Kong and is fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese. Tonight, Ms. Kwok will be receiving the President’s Award for her work over the last year.

2013–2014 APABA-DC Board of Directors

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PReSiDeNT Annette Kwok

PReSiDeNT-eLecT Smeeta Ramarathnam

iMMeDiATe PAST PReSiDeNT Christopher Y. Chan

VP foR coMMuNicATioNSNeo Tran

VP foR coMMuNiTY AffAiRS Lucy Grace Noyola

VP foR eDucATioNJoanne Chan

VP foR MeMBeRSHiPBeverly Chang

VP foR PRoGRAMSLana Jeng

TReASuReRBenjamin H. Huh

SecReTARYJae Yoon; Allen H. Jun

AwARDS coMMiTTee co-cHAiRSAllen H. Jun; Marvin Liang

GoVeRNMeNT ATToRNeYS foRuM co-cHAiRSKeo Chea; Mark Uyeda

iN-HouSe coMMiTTee co-cHAiRSShaila Ohri; Amy Yeung

NoMiNATioNS coMMiTTee co-cHAiRSDavid Hsu; Tacie H. Yoon

PARTNeRS & SeNioR couNSeL coMMiTTee co-cHAiRSKenie Ho; Keiko Takagi

PRAcTiciNG ATToRNeYS ReSouRce coMMiTTee co-cHAiRSJennifer Kang; Katherine Wang

SociAL MeDiA MANAGeRMelissa Lin

SMALL & SoLo fiRM GRouP co-cHAiRSSun Choi; Kenneth Liu

weBMASTeREdmund H. Chiang

woMeN’S foRuM co-cHAiRSSarah Shyr; Carol Wong

woRKiNG PAReNTS GRouP co-cHAiRSAngelina Bradley; Ambika Ganesh; Allie Yang-Green

Aef PReSiDeNT (ex officio)Jed Wulfekotte

Smeeta Ramarathnam currently serves as the chief of staff to the Honorable Luis Aguilar, one of five Commissioners of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. She reviews, comments, and negotiates on

complicated, unprecedented, legal and policy issues that arise in SEC rulemakings, enforcement actions, adjudications, international papers, and interpretative guidance. She also serves as Commissioner Aguilar’s primary speechwriter and she has written and spoken on many aspects of securities laws. Prior to her appointment to Commissioner Aguilar’s staff, she served in a number of other capacities at the Commission, including as counsel to former Commissioner Roel Campos, and as an attorney in the Legal Policy Group of the Office of the General Counsel and in the Division of Investment Management. Prior to joining the Commission, Smeeta worked for several years in an investment management practice of a large international law firm. Smeeta served as a law clerk for the Hon. Deborah Chasanow, now Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. She earned her J.D. from Stanford Law School and her undergraduate degree with honors from Stanford University. From 2006-2008, Smeeta also served as an adjunct faculty member at Stanford in Washington. Smeeta currently serves as President of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of the District of Columbia (APABA-DC). In 2013, the National Asian Pacific American Board Association named Smeeta as one of its Best Lawyers Under 40. She has also served on the Board of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association Asian Educational Fund, including a term as vice-president.

2014–2015 APABA-DC Board of Directors

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PReSiDeNT Smeeta Ramarathnam

PReSiDeNT-eLecT Jed Wulfekotte

iMMeDiATe PAST PReSiDeNT Annette Kwok

VP foR coMMuNicATioNSJayna Marie Rust

VP foR coMMuNiTY AffAiRS Keiko K. Takagi

VP foR eDucATioNPhillip Chang

VP foR MeMBeRSHiPBeverly Chang

VP foR PRoGRAMSScott Lee

TReASuReRCarol Wong

SecReTARYAllen H. Jun

NewSLeTTeR eDiToRChen Li

SociAL MeDiA MANAGeRJennifer Luo

AwARDS coMMiTTee co-cHAiRSKakoli Caprihan; Katherine Wang

GoVeRNMeNT ATToRNeYS foRuM co-cHAiRS

Edmund H. Chiang; Bill Way

iN-HouSe coMMiTTee co-cHAiRSRyan R. Toteja; Jeffrey Sun

NoMiNATioNS coMMiTTee co-cHAiRSEden Forsythe; David Johnson

PARTNeRS & SeNioR couNSeL coMMiTTee co-cHAiRS

Kenie Ho; Rob Hur

PRAcTiciNG ATToRNeYS ReSouRce coMMiTTee co-cHAiRS

Sue J. Bai; Dong Hong

SMALL & SoLo fiRMS cHAiRSun Choi

woMeN’S foRuM co-cHAiRSSandhya Bathija; Lian Huang

woRKiNG PAReNTS foRuM co-cHAiRS

Jenny Kim; Sabba Qamar

Aef PReSiDeNT (ex officio)Lyric Chen

APABA-DC Assistant Vice Presidents

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2014–2015

ASSiSTANT VP foR coMMuNicATioNS

Nooree Lee

ASSiSTANT VP foR coMMuNiTY AffAiRS

Sarah Shyr

ASSiSTANT VP foR eDucATioN Jennifer Kang

ASSiSTANT VP foR MeMBeRSHiPJeremy Moorehouse

ASSiSTANT VP foR PRoGRAMS Neville Jiang

2013–2014

ASSiSTANT VP foR coMMuNicATioNS Hugham Chan

ASSiSTANT VP foR coMMuNiTY AffAiRS Christine Chang

ASSiSTANT VP foR eDucATioN Lisa Man

ASSiSTANT VP foR MeMBeRSHiPAngela Dai

ASSiSTANT VP foR PRoGRAMS Jennifer Hwa

Stuart Ishimaru, Assistant Director, Office of Minority and Women Inclusion, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Ankur Shah, Associate General Counsel, Freddie Mac

Florence Pan, Associate Judge, DC Superior Court

Willard Tom, Partner, Morgan Lewis

Linda Mar Weidman, Vice President & Senior Counsel, Marriott International

Francey Lim Youngberg, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Engagement, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

APABA-DC Advisory Board

APABA Educational Fund (AEF) Board of Directors

2013–2014

PReSiDeNT Jed Wulfekotte

Vice PReSiDeNT Lyric Chen

TReASuReR Christopher Siebens

SecReTARYPierce H. Han

DiRecToRS R. Richard ChengMaisa Jean Frank

Michael HuangRakesh KilaruMaya D. Song

2014–2015

PReSiDeNT Lyric Chen

Vice PReSiDeNT Rukku Singla

TReASuReR Christopher Ma

SecReTARYFred Liu

DiRecToRS Maisa Jean FrankPierce H. HanRakesh KilaruChristopher Siebens

weBMASTeRMadhuri Singh Grewal

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2013-2014 Year In ReviewSept. 12 ,2013 APABA-DC Installation Dinner

Sept. 21, 2013 Working Parents Group Zoo Trip

Sept. 24, 2013 Small and Solo Firms/Practicing Attorneys Resource Committee (PAR) Happy Hour

Sept. 25, 2013 Women’s Forum Kickoff Meeting

Sept. 26, 2013 AEF Wine and Cheese Event

Oct. 4, 2013 Kansas City NAPABA Convention Kickoff Reception

Oct. 9, 2013 AEF Career Event

Oct. 10, 2013 Friendraiser

Oct. 19, 2013 Robert Wone Judicial Clerkship Conference

Oct. 23, 2013 Government Attorneys Forum Kickoff Happy Hour

Oct. 24, 2013 Partners and Senior Counsel Committee’s Kickoff Event

Oct. 29, 2013 Women’s Forum/PAR Event Based on Helen Wan’s book, The Partner Track

Nov. 7, 2013 National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Convention (Kansas City)

Nov. 19, 2013 Government Attorneys Forum Informal Dinner

Nov. 20, 2013 AEF Speed Networking and Mentorship Reception

Nov. 21, 2013 PAR Kickoff Event

Dec. 4, 2013 Partners and Senior Counsel Committee Holiday Networking Event

Dec. 7, 2013 DC Bar Immigration Clinic

Dec. 11, 2013 Holiday Dinner

Dec. 14, 2013 DC Bar Advice and Referral Clinic

Dec. 15, 2013 Working Parents Group Cookie Exchange

Dec. 18, 2013 Joint Minority Bar Event

Jan. 9, 2014 New Member Coffee Event

Jan. 11, 2014 Washington Wizards Basketball Game

Jan. 14, 2014 In-House Counsel Leaders Among Us Dinner with Weili Cheng (Indique Heights)

Jan. 16, 2014 Small and Solo Firms Committee Webinar

Jan. 18, 2014 Women’s Forum Yoga Class

Jan. 23, 2014 AEF Resume and Recruiting Workshop

Jan. 28, 2014 Women’s Forum Dinner with President of Women’s Bar Association of DC

Jan. 29, 2014 Joint Minority Bar Event: How to Become a Judge

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2013-2014 Year In Review

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Feb. 6, 2014 Partners and Senior Counsel Committee’s Breakfast; Lunar New Year Social

Feb. 8, 2014 AEF Volunteer Event at So Others Might Eat

Feb. 9, 2014 Working Parents Group Sunday Morning Social

Feb. 12, 2014 PAR Mentor/Mentee Event

Feb. 22, 2014 AEF Basketball Tournament

Feb. 25, 2014 PAR Speed Networking Event

Mar. 4, 2014 In-House Counsel Committee CLE/Speaker Breakfast Event

Mar. 6, 2014 International Trade Bar Review

Mar. 13, 2014 Programs and Membership Informal Dinner Series

Mar. 20, 2014 AEF Annual Benefit Dinner

Mar. 22, 2014 Women’s Forum, Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation

Mar. 28, 2014 Women’s Forum Fashion/Networking Event: Slip and Shop

Apr. 10, 2014 Partners and Senior Counsel Committee Networking Breakfast

Apr. 17, 2014 Education, CLE Program: Trial Team Diversity

Apr. 24, 2014 Reception for DC Bar Candidates

Apr. 27, 2014 Working Parents Group Panel: Work/Life Balance

Apr. 29, 2014 PAR Mentor/Mentee Networking Event

May 1, 2014 AEF Mentorship Program Wrap-Up Reception

May 12, 2014 APA Heritage Month Event

May 15, 2014 In-House Counsel Leaders Among Us Dinner Series; DVRP Fundraiser

May 20, 2014 National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Annual Lobby Day

May 22, 2014 Women’s Forum/In-House Counsel Committee Business Pitch Panel

June 7, 2014 DC Bar Pro Bono Immigration Clinic

June 8, 2014 Partners and Senior Counsel Committee’s Brunch

June 10, 2014 APALRC’s 16th Anniversary Celebration

June 14, 2014 DC Bar Advice and Referral Clinic

June 17, 2014 PAR Trivia Night

June 19, 2014 New Members Breakfast

June 22, 2014 Picnic

June 28, 2014 Bread for the City Volunteer Activity

Upcoming Events

Sept. 17, 2014 Joint Reception for the Honorable Theodore D. Chuang, Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Sept. 24, 2014 AEF Wine and Cheese Welcome Reception for Law Students; Community Service Recruiting Meeting

Sept. 25, 2014 Government Attorneys Forum Kickoff Happy Hour

Oct. 2, 2014 White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Video—Mentor/Mentee Kickoff Event

Oct. 4, 2014 DC Bar Immigration Clinic

Oct. 5, 2014 Fall Hike

Oct. 8, 2014 AEF Beyond Fall Recruiting: Seeking Out Public and Private Career Paths in a Challenging Market

Oct. 11, 2014 AEF Robert E. Wone Judicial Clerkship Conference

Oct. 26, 2014 Pumpkin Patch Farms Family Event

Nov. 13, 2014 AEF Speed Networking and Mentorship Reception Dec. 6, 2014 DC Bar Immigration Clinic

Dec. 13, 2014 DC Bar Advice and Referral Clinic

Jan. 22, 2015 AEF Resume and Recruiting Workshop

Feb. 18, 2015 Lunar New Year Happy Hour

Mar. 10, 2015 Saki or Soju Tasting Mixer at SEI

Mar. 26, 2015 AEF Annual Benefit Dinner

Apr. 4, 2015 Volunteer Event at So Others Might Eat

For more details, visit www.apaba-dc.org or www.facebook.com/APABADC, or follow us on Twitter @APABADC

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Emcee BiographyMark L. Keam represents the 35th District in the Virginia House of Delegates, which is considered to be the oldest continuous legislative body in the modern world, with roots dating back to Jamestown in 1619. The House District is entirely within Fairfax County, and includes over 80,000 residents living in parts of Fair Oaks, Penderbrook, Oakton, Vienna, Dunn Loring, Tysons and McLean. In November 2009, Mark was elected to an open seat, thereby becoming the first Asian-born immigrant to serve in the Virginia General Assembly. In 2011 and 2013, voters chose to return Mark to Richmond for additional two-year terms. As a legislator with a strong reputation for bipartisanship and effectiveness, Mark focuses on creating jobs, improving schools, addressing traffic gridlocks, reducing burdens on businesses, strengthening social safety nets, and making the government more transparent, efficient, and accountable. Several bills that Mark drafted have become law in Virginia, including a tax credit to encourage “green jobs,” creating good healthcare jobs for military veterans and easing the transition process for military veterans returning home, providing property tax relief for elderly and disabled homeowners and penalizing sales tax fraud, promoting a new high-tech digital forensics industry, and improving the prisoner reentry process to save taxpayer costs. Mark has also been the lead Democratic cosponsor of several Republican bills that have become law, including tax credits for high-tech research and development, promoting data centers for cloud computing, fighting abusive practices of “patent trolling,” promoting telecommuting options for workers, and making Virginia an attractive location for the film industries. As a part-time citizen-legislator, Mark and his staff maintain a year-round District office in Vienna in addition to his Richmond office. When the General Assembly is not in session, Mark returns to his outside employment as a senior advisor for a technology company, which he joined in early 2007 after twelve years of public service in both executive and legislative branches of government. For six years, Mark was Chief Counsel to Assistant U.S. Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Before working on Capitol Hill, Mark was appointed Assistant Chief Counsel in the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration, and had also served as an attorney with the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireless Bureau. Mark’s long history of community service extends to a variety of local, state and national organizations. Currently, he serves on the boards of the Virginia Literacy Foundation, the Virginia Board of Education’s Adult Education and Literacy Advisory Committee, the Fairfax Law Foundation Society of Fellows, and the University of Virginia Thomas C. Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership. He is a former president of the Courthouse Oaks Homeowners Association and the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of the Greater Washington Area. A lifelong Christian, Mark worships at Vienna Presbyterian Church.

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Rising Star Award Recipient Biography

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Helen Y. Lee is a corporate associate in the Global Banking & Payment Systems Practice Group of Paul Hastings LLP. Ms. Lee’s practice encompasses both securities and bank regulatory matters involving banking institutions. Her experience has included assisting both foreign and domestic banking institutions with a broad range of issues involving federal and state banking laws, as well as the federal securities laws for publicly traded U.S. bank and thrift holding companies. Ms. Lee has significant experience in the areas of Dodd-Frank Act compliance, bank/thrift and holding company regulation, deposit insurance requirements, compliance with federal and state consumer lending laws, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and application of U.S. banking law to the activities of multinational bank holding companies. Ms. Lee received her J.D. in 2008 from The George Washington University Law School, where she was a founding member of The GW Banking Law Society. Ms. Lee has occasionally returned to the Law School to serve as guest lecturer on U.S. bank regulatory matters. She received her B.A. in Politics, cum laude, from New York University in 2004. Ms. Lee is conversant in Cantonese and Mandarin and is a member of the District of Columbia, New York, and New Jersey bars.

Taron K. Murakami is a senior associate in the Labor and Employment Practice Group at Seyfarth Shaw LLP and is the Co-Chair of the Seyfarth Washington D.C. Office’s Diversity Action Team. Ms. Murakami counsels and represents employers in single-plaintiff and multi-plaintiff litigation regarding all facets of employment law, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the National Labor Relations Act. She has extensive experience taking and defending depositions, arguing motions before federal and state court judges, briefing arguments before appellate courts, representing employers in arbitration and at trial, and investigating and defending claims before administrative agencies, such as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Ms. Murakami also counsels employers on hiring, termination of employees, requirements under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, harassment investigations, employee handbooks and policies, wage payment laws, restrictive covenants such as non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, and other personnel issues. Super Lawyers Magazine recognized Ms. Murakami as a Washington, D.C. “Rising Star” in 2014. Ms. Murakami has an extensive pro bono practice. She has successfully represented three asylum applicants and a petitioner for immigration status under the Violence Against Women Act. Ms. Murakami has also prepared an amicus brief on behalf of Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC for a Supreme Court case on the Voting Rights Act and regularly counsels several non-profit organizations with employment matters. Ms. Murakami was on the Board of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of the Greater Washington D.C. Area as Co-chair of the Practicing Attorneys’ Resource Committee and is a past president of the APABA-DC Educational Fund. She currently serves on the Board of Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC. Ms. Murakami is a graduate of the University of Hawaii at Manoa and the Georgetown University Law Center.

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Rising Star Award Recipient Biography

Tacie H. Yoon is an attorney at Crowell & Moring LLP in Washington, D.C., where she practices in the Insurance and Reinsurance group. Ms. Yoon represents insurance carriers in complex coverage disputes, including those arising from underlying claims involving exposure to asbestos, environmental pollution, and other torts, such as sexual molestation. She also represents insurers in bankruptcy cases involving claims against the policyholder/debtor due to asbestos and/or environmental contamination. Ms. Yoon is actively involved in local and national bar activities. In November 2014, she will be sworn in for her second term as Secretary and member of the Executive Committee of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA). She previously served as co-chair of the Host Committee for the 2012 NAPABA Convention in Washington, D.C. Since 2007, Ms. Yoon has held several leadership positions on APABA-DC’s Board of Directors, including serving as President in 2009–2010 and Treasurer in 2007–2008. She co-chaired APABA-DC’s Nominations Committee for two terms, and has been a committee member for four years. In 2013, Ms. Yoon was selected to be a member of the inaugural class of the Collaborative Bar Leadership Academy, a joint program of the ABA, NAPABA, and three other national bar associations of color, and in 2014, she was selected to participate in the TIPS CONNECT Diversity Fellows program of the ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section. Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ms. Yoon received her BA from Yale University and her JD from Boston College Law School.

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Membership Appreciation Award Recipient Biography

The Honorable Gerald Bruce Lee was confirmed as a United States District Judge in the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division on October 8, 1998. He was recommended for appointment to the court with bipartisan support in May 1998. Prior to his nomination by President Clinton, Judge Lee was a trial judge in the 19th Judicial Circuit, Fairfax, Virginia for six and one half years. As Judge Lee sought the appointment, he was evaluated by twelve state-wide bar associations along with eight other candidates. He was the only candidate and judge to receive the highest rating of each of the twelve bar associations and received bi-partisan support from both Virginia senators. In 1973, Judge Lee received his undergraduate degree in communications from The American University, Washington, D.C. He earned his Juris Doctorate degree from The Washington College of Law at The American University in 1976. For four years, during law school and while in private practice he was an adjunct professor at the law school. Prior to ascending to the bench, Judge Lee was a trial lawyer for fifteen years, representing individuals and businesses in civil and criminal cases. He was a partner at Cohen, Dunn & Sinclair, P.C., an Alexandria Virginia, law firm. In 1990, while he was in practice, then Virginia Governor Wilder appointed him to serve on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, the managers of Washington Dulles and Washington National Airports. Judge Lee began his judicial career when he was elected to the Fairfax Circuit Court in May 1992. As a trial judge, he was known for his expertise in the management of complex civil trials and for his use of emerging technology in the courtroom. Judge Lee led the Fairfax Circuit Court to become one of the first courts in Virginia to have a presence on the Internet, and he encouraged the innovative use of computer technology and demonstrative evidence in trial. An active member of the profession and Judge Lee has served in several leadership roles. He was an elected member of the Virginia State Bar Council, Chairman of the General Practice of Law Section of the Virginia State Bar, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the American Bar Association General Practice Section. He is a past president of the George Mason American Inn of Court, and is currently the Treasurer of the Federal Judges Association. Judge Lee is an accomplished lecturer to judges and lawyers. He was Chairman of the Judicial Conference of Virginia Judicial Education Committee, which is responsible for meeting the continuing education needs of Virginia’s 140 trial judges. He served as an editor of the Virginia Circuit Court Judge’s Benchbook. As a member of the faculty of the National Judicial College, he helped develop the curriculum for the “Advanced General Jurisdiction Course” designed for experienced trial judges. He helped develop and presented a course for the Federal Judicial Center on death penalty case trials. Judge Lee has authored and co-authored more than fifty continuing legal education outlines and legal publications on trial advocacy.

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Community Appreciation Award Recipient Biography

Secretary Norman Y. Mineta is recognized for his accomplishments in economic development, science and technology policy, foreign and domestic trade, budgetary issues and civil rights, as well as his perspective from having served in Congress for over 20 years and in the Cabinets of both Republican and Democratic presidents. For almost 30 years, Secretary Mineta represented San Jose, California–the heart of Silicon Valley–first on the City Council, then as Mayor, and then from 1975-1995 as a Member of Congress. Throughout that time, Secretary Mineta was an advocate of the burgeoning technology industry. He worked to encourage new industries and spur job growth, and he supported infrastructure development to accommodate the industry and its tremendous growth. Secretary Mineta served as the Chairman of the House Transportation and Public Works Committee from 1992-1994, after having chaired the Subcommittee on Aviation and the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. He was the primary author of the groundbreaking ISTEA legislation–the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. While in Congress, he co-founded the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and was Chair of the National Civil Aviation Review Commission in 1997. In 2000, Secretary Mineta was appointed by President Bill Clinton as the United States Secretary of Commerce. At the Department of Commerce, Secretary Mineta was known for his work on technology issues, for achieving international cooperation and intergovernmental coordination on complex fisheries issues, and streamlining the patent and trademark process. From 2001-2006, Secretary Mineta served as Secretary of Transportation by President George W. Bush. Following the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001, Secretary Mineta guided the creation of the Transportation Security Administration–an agency with more than 65,000 employees–the largest mobilization of a new federal agency since World War II. Recognized for his leadership, Secretary Mineta has received numerous awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom –our nation’s highest civilian honor–and the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy, which is awarded for significant public service of enduring value to aviation in the United States. He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley.

Pioneer Award Recipient Biography

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Michelle K. Lee is the Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Ms. Lee serves as a principal advisor to the President, through the Secretary of Commerce, on both domestic and international intellectual property matters, and provides leadership and oversight of the day-to-day management of the policy, budget, and operations for an agency of almost 12,000 employees. She also promotes innovation domestically and drives international harmonization efforts, in support of the administration’s top economic priorities to increase economic growth. Prior to her role as Deputy Director, Ms. Lee was selected in 2012 to serve as the first Director of the Silicon Valley United States Patent and Trademark Office where she was responsible for establishing and leading the Silicon Valley office as well as advising the USPTO on a variety of policy matters. Before becoming the Director of the Silicon Valley office, Ms. Lee served by appointment of the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on the USPTO’s Patent Public Advisory Committee, which advises the USPTO on patent policies, goals, performance and operations. The San Francisco Business Times and San Jose Business Journal recognized Ms. Lee as Best Bay Area IP Lawyer in 2012 and one of the top 100 most influential women in the Silicon Valley in 2013. Ms. Lee has spent most of her professional career advising some of the country’s most innovative companies on technical, legal and business matters. Prior to joining the USPTO, Ms. Lee served as Deputy General Counsel for Google and was the company’s first Head of Patents and Patent Strategy. She also served as a partner at the Silicon Valley-based law firm of Fenwick and West, where she specialized in advising a wide range of high-technology clients from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies on patent law, intellectual property, litigation and corporate matters. Prior to her career as a legal advisor to technology companies, Ms. Lee worked in the federal judiciary, serving as a law clerk for the Honorable Vaughn R. Walker on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California where she worked on the precedent-setting Apple v. Microsoft copyright infringement case. As a law clerk for the Honorable Paul R. Michel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Ms. Lee worked on many patent and trademark appeals. Before building her legal career, Ms. Lee worked as a computer scientist at Hewlett-Packard Research Laboratories, as well as at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. She holds a B.S. and an M.S. in electrical engineering and computer science from M.I.T., as well as a J.D. from Stanford Law School.

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Special thanks to the following law firms for hosting APABA-DC board meetingsEckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

King & Spalding LLP

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Kutak Rock LLP

Sughrue Mion PLLC

Venable LLP

White & Case LLP

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Platinum sponsorship of corporate counsel reception and installation gala Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP Jones Day Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP Sughrue Mion PLLC Wiley Rein LLP

Gold sponsorship of installation gala Debevoise & Plimpton LLP O’Melveny & Myers LLP King & Spalding LLP Stein, Mitchell, Muse, Cipollone & Beato LLP Littler Mendelson PC

Silver sponsorship of installation gala Arnold & Porter LLP Marriott International, Inc. BDO Consulting McGuireWoods LLP Covington & Burling LLP Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP DLA Piper Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr LLP Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Bronze sponsorship of installation gala Crowell & Moring LLP Mei & Mark LLP Fish & Richardson PC Merrill LAD Greenberg Traurig LLP Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Seyfarth Shaw LLP Kutak Rock LLP Shearman & Sterling LLP Latham & Watkins LLP Venable LLP

Patron Hollingsworth LLP

Supporter Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC Thompson Coburn LLP

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Congratulations to this year’s APABA-DC award recipients.

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2014 Annual APABA-DC Awards and Installation Gala

and we applaud tonight’s honorees.

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Congratulations to the 2014 APABA-DC award winners!

McGuireWoods proudly supports the Asian Pacific American Bar Association and its goals. Like APABA-DC, we encourage our attorneys to pursue professional excellence and enrich the communities where we live and work.

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From diverse parts—building a greater wholeWilmerHale is honored to participate in the Asian Pacific American Bar

Association of the Greater Washington, D.C. Area’s 2014 Awards and

Installation Dinner.

We proudly support APABA-DC in its mission to promote the professional

growth and advancement of its members and actively serve the needs of

Asian Pacific Americans.

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and congratulates the 2014-15 Boardand this year’s award recipients,

including our colleagueTacie Yoon,

recipient of theMembership Appreciation Award

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP is proud to sponsor the 2014 APABA-DC Annual Awards and Installation Gala.

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We are proud to support the 2014 Asian Pacific American Bar Association Annual Awards & Installation Gala.

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Venable LLP proudly supports the

APABA-DC in their efforts to advance the

Asian Pacific American legal community.

We salute tonight’s awards recipients and

offer our best wishes to the 2014-2015

Board members.

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From where we sit, you’ve earned a standing ovation.

Hollingsworth LLP is proud to sponsor

the Asian Pacific American Bar Association

on the occasion of its

2014 Annual Awards and Installation Gala

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Eckert Seamans is proud to support theAPABA-DCAnnual Awards & InstallationGala, celebrating themany achievementsof themembers of the Asian PacificAmerican Bar Association of theGreaterWashington, D.C. Area.

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Thompson Coburn congratulates

Jayna Rust on her recent election to the APABA Board of Directors

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DLA Piper is proud to support the 2014 APABA DC Awards and Installation Gala and we congratulate all of tonight’s honorees. We salute APABA DC’s

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Margaret T. Chao

Collin Lau

Susan C. Lee

Robert N. Kwan

Robert Zung

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Linda Mar Weidman

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Rebekah Martin Liu

Shanlon Wu

Mi-Yong Kim

John C. Yang

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Mark L. Keam

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Nimesh M. Patel

Esther H. Kim

Yoora Pak

Anthony Tu-Sekine

Eugene Chay

Janet Shih Hajek

Robert E. Wone

John C. Truong

Leah E. Frazier

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